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The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the final forfeiture of 48 out of 57 properties worth N212 billion linked to the former Attorney-General of the Federation Abubakar Malami. Judge Joyce Abdulmalik granted the […]

A senior friend and former colleague in the Senate recently asked whom I would vote for as President in the next election. “I do not know yet,” I replied. That remains my position. I have […]

Pastor Jimmy Odukoya has delivered what appears to be an indirect response to the growing public backlash surrounding his marriage, using his Sunday sermon, “Don’t Miss The New,” to speak about past relationships, shame, new […]

Did power expose or corrupt Bayo Onanuga? This is the question that haunts the spectacle of a man who once stood before military dictators with ink-stained fingers and an unbowed head, now standing in the […]

Nigerian billionaire and businessman Wale Babalakin is preparing to open Lagos’ Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal Two (MMA2) to regional flights across Africa, following the resolution of a nearly 20-year dispute with the Federal Government. Babalakin, […]

US elections are coming up, and I’m reading a lot of people saying some pretty dumb shit. Here’s a quick summary for anyone who’s interested: •⁠ ⁠In the last 50 years, only Bush in 2002 […]

It is with deep anger and total condemnation that we received the news of the proposed taxes and levies on the construction of boreholes in private houses in Lagos State. A government that has failed […]

In Nigeria, election seasons often follow a familiar script. Politicians and their representatives move from palace to palace, church to church, and mosque to mosque, seeking blessings, endorsements, and symbolic approval. The meetings are usually […]

(Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday 26 October, 2026). Where is Peter Obi? Someone asked that question last Friday. Why, he wondered, had he been somewhat quiet lately? He even missed a town hall […]

MANY Nigerians may not know it, but one of the issues at the root of our current economic hardship is that certain denominations of our currency have become utterly worthless. For the younger generation who […]

On July 29, 1975, General Murtala Mohammed GCFR became head of State by overthrowing General Yakubu Gowon GCFR. On August 7, 1975, General Mohammed set up a committee on the creation of more states in […]

One bright day in February 2017, Robert Mugabe’s wife, Grace, told a rally of her husband’s Zanu-PF party: “One day when God decides that Mugabe dies, we will have his corpse appear as a candidate […]

1.⁠ ⁠You cannot settle all financial expenses in one day. Those who did are stressfully sick and some are buried already. 2.⁠ ⁠Please create time to rest, it is not a sin to sit down […]

Works Minister David Umahi is defending a proposed diversion of the Lagos–Calabar Coastal Highway through Ondo after difficult terrain and deep pits complicated the original route. How does a project of this scale reach this […]

There is something about the Anthony Kila controversy that has begun to worry me beyond the allegations themselves. I have followed the unfolding events with concern, but what worries me most is the possibility of […]

On Friday, October 9, Atiku Abubakar gave his audience something to laugh about during the inauguration of the ADC Presidential Campaign Council. Addressing Tinubu as “Bola,” he accused the President of borrowing his fuel-relief proposal […]